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Be able to add or remove stages on a link in DataStage Designer

Currently when you want to add a new stage on an existing link, you have to deconnect the link from one of its stage, add the new stage and create a new link from that stage (remapping the Input columns to the Output, which is currently not possib...
over 5 years ago in DataStage 1 Functionality already exists

Improve user interface for Exception profiles

DB2 Automation Tool - Need to improve the interface for the exception profiles. 1) We would like to be able to document the profiles in more detail than is allowed in 1 line. 2) We need the ability to control the ANDing and ORing of the conditions...
over 5 years ago in Db2 Automation Tool for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

CLI to set property “Message Handler for Parallel Jobs” for DataStage projects

We use the property “Message Handler for Parallel Jobs” at project level in some DataStage projects. To define the message handler, we start the "InfoSphere DataStage Administor" tool, select the DataStage project, then button "Properties" and tab...
over 5 years ago in DataStage 0 Planned for future release

EXPLAIN Authority - Include Explain of Dynamic Stmt Cache

Include Explain of Dynamic Statement Cache with the EXPLAIN authority or create a new authority that has EXPLAIN plus EXPLAIN STMTCACHE but not all the authority of SQLADM (ie update of DB2 Catalog Tables)
over 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Optimize performance of WKC and Guardium to minimize the latency

Optimize performance of Guardium E-STAP and minimize the latency overhead (130ms) currently being seen during WKC/GDP MVP for large customer - Optimization considers on all components of solution should be considered (i.e. WKC pooling/caching, get...
almost 2 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Planned for future release

US-Telco - need GDP & WKC Data Protection for multi-node database environments

This RFE is for the "strategic/longterm" option for an optimized solution w. CP4D and GDP. Other RFEs will be opened against CP4D/GDP to track other requirements/ solutions For large US Telco company integration GDP and WKC for remote PDP - this w...
almost 2 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Future consideration

RC_Account visibility in RTM Job Info fields

IBM LSF Resource Connector has gone through many enhancements, like job level RC_Account. However, this field is not visible in RTM. This new filed should be added in RTM job information.
almost 4 years ago in Spectrum LSF / Cloud Bursting / Operations/RTM 5 Not under consideration

Request to add Excel 2013 as an output type in Run Report Options

When running a report, we currently have Excel 2007,Excel 2007 (data), Excel 2002 as report output formats.Customer is expecting a new format: Excel 2013 to be added to these report output types. note: I have raised this request on behalf of custo...
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

PAX Viewer requires minimize before Toggle works

When a view is opened in ‘Viewer', there is not the ability to toggle back and forth between the Excel documents when opened in Planning Analytics for Excel. There is a requirement to minimize the entire view in order to traverse the Excel file.
almost 6 years ago in Planning Analytics 0 Not under consideration

DB2z Custom Routing of Utility Messages to DDs

Sometimes you need to quickly review only certain utility messages from a very large output of several utility executions, or only a few where there might've been many, many objects processed. It is very awkward to have to go through perhaps thous...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 2 Future consideration